Roberto Valenti

Dr. Roberto Valenti is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Sightcorp, a joint venture with the University of Amsterdam. He completed his doctorate in machine learning and computer vision at the Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam at the University of Amsterdam.
During his doctorate he achieved a record number of high-impact scientific publications in the field of automated human behavior analysis, face analysis and human-computer interaction. His research mainly focuses on sensing and understanding users, their actions, intentions and interests by solely using off-the-shelves cameras. The results of his research are taught in courses and tutorials in the best computer vision conferences and institutes in the world.
During his academic career, he steered his research to be applicable, by exporting it into a few start-ups, including Aixiom (2006), EmoVision (2009), ThirdSight (2010), and finally Sightcorp (2013), gaining hands-on experience into industry. His unique academic and industrial portfolio has given him an eagle-eye view on both worlds, which allows him to envision technological trends and opportunities. Strange Spark B.V., his stealth-mode holding, focuses on the investment, consulting, and incubation of the IT solutions that will disrupt both first and third-world countries.